Seven Britons certified for the French Open and solely the three male gamers stay in competition after 5 days of motion.
Jack Draper is one among them. The 23-year-old is the very best British seed in both singles draw after the world quantity 5 put collectively a formidable clay-court swing.
Draper reached the ultimate of the Madrid Open, dropping in three shut units to Ruud, and was overwhelmed by eventual champion Alcaraz within the Rome quarter-finals.
Quick-rising Jacob Fearnley and Cameron Norrie have additionally reached the third spherical, the primary time since 1968 that three British males have made the final 32.
Katie Boulter, the highest-ranked British lady within the singles draw, and Sonay Kartal each misplaced second-round matches on Thursday.
Emma Raducanu’s run in Paris was additionally led to spherical two with a straight-set defeat by Poland’s Swiatek on Wednesday.
Jodie Burrage was the one British participant to lose within the first spherical, overwhelmed by former world quantity seven Danielle Collins in straight units on day two.
